Infants prefer sweet tasting substances and do not prefer sour or bitter substances. What is the evolutionary significance of this preference for sweet tastes and dislike for sour/bitter?
A) Sweet is associated with ripe, nutritious food and sour with unripe or harmful food.
B) Mothers sweeten their babies' food so that their babies will eat more.
C) The difference between sweet and bitter foods had no evolutionary significance.
D) The calorie value of sweet food is lower than the calorie value of sour/bitter food.
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